Subchronic toluene exposure in low concentrations produces signs of reduced dysfunction in the 6-hydroxydopamine lesioned nigrostriatal dopaminergic system of the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-8

  Cintra, A ^a   Aguirre, J A ^b   Andbjer, B ^a   Finnman, U B ^a   Hagman, M ^c   Agnati, L F ^d   Hoglund C ^c   Moller A ^e   Fuxe, K ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c Department of Occupational Health   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e NEUROSEARCH A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

6 Hydroxydopamine; Dopamine; Neostriatum; Neurotoxicity; Parkinson's disease; Substantia nigra; Toluene

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; DOPAMINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; OXIDOPAMINE; TOLUENE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCLING BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NEUROTOXICITY; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; APOMORPHINE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DENERVATION; DOPAMINE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOSTRIATUM; OXIDOPAMINE; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TOLUENE; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0032887179     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00112-3     Document Type: Article

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